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Because I'm a [faux] Conservative I support the liberal platform ZOT!
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| 03-15-2015
| Michael Charney
Posted on 03/23/2015 6:44:37 AM PDT by Kaled
Because I'm a Conservative, I believe in a strong separation of church and state. As Eliade wrote in The Sacred and the Profane, "the sacred always manifests itself as a reality of a wholly different order from 'natural' realities." We do a disservice to the truly sacred when we force it into Caesar's world. What is sacred to me is between myself and my Maker--and forcing that into the public square diminishes both of Us.
Because I'm a Conservative, I care about the environment. Whether prompted by the Bible or by our own sense of morality (itself a part of the sacred), we are stewards of this earth, and we owe it to ourselves and our childrenand to the plants and animals who cannot protect themselves from usto provide not just good stewardship, but as perfect a stewardship as we can conceive.
Because I'm a Conservative, I support gay marriage. I believe that a family with two loving parents is a benefit to childrenand to parents. Kids get to see loving interactions (important to their development and world view) and parents can both join withand rescue, when neededeach other, having a close friend with whom to share the thoughts, feelings, joys, and stresses of life, amplified even more with children.
Because I'm a Conservative, I care about personal responsibility. Too often, though, the term has been re-interpreted to mean "taking care of #1" when personal responsibility should also include ownership and accountability for what goes on around me. That means I have a responsibility to understand the plights of others, to recognize when and how I might contribute to such ills, and to do what I can to correct them, to create a fair and level playing field where everyone has the same chances given the same efforts.
Because I'm a Conservative, I care about reasonable gun control. For me, a key component of traditional conservatism is feeling safe and secure, knowing that risk is minimal, and understanding what to expect of my neighbors. Randomly politicized gun-waving does nothing to further this cause, instead making us feel less safe, less secure. There is nothing "conservative" about walking into a store armed with semi-automatic weapons; it is egocentric, narcissistic, and dangerous.
Because I'm a Conservative I care about knowledge. Through the ages much has been learned, discovered, explored, and revealed. Not all of it has been good for us, but much of it has. And learning begets learning, all of which raises us up. To be conservative is not about the worn-out equation of ignorance and bliss, but about recognizing that our greatest assets include both our souls and our minds, and encouraging the growth of both equally. They are, after all, both a part of us, and handcuffing the one in favor of the other only insults each.
Conservatism, I strongly believe, is not a bad word or a bad ideal. It is, however, a term misunderstood. Those who label themselves conservative today seem most often not to be conservative at all. They have, in reality, a highly radicalized agenda, one set on taking us backwards. It is that direction which seems to imply conservatism, but it shouldn't. Radicality lacks a vector, and should be known only through the severity of its proposed changes. To roll us back to a time when religion alone led us, to a time when white skin alone defined the rules, to a time when only the few owned nearly everything, is radical and not, axiomatically, conservative.
For those of you who embrace the roots of conservatism, I urge you to continue to do so. For those who seek to call out conservatives, I ask that you recognize the difference between those of us who are, and those who have stolen the terminology from us and bastardized it for their own specious use. And for those of you who claim the role of conservative but so clearly are not
well
I ask nothing of you, for you have already shown us who and what you are.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: conservatism; dalek; freedom; liberty; principles; retread; troll; ursulathevk; zot
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Interesting insights....
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posted on
03/23/2015 6:44:37 AM PDT
by
Kaled
To: Kaled
Interesting insights....
Interesting B.S. is what you mean.
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posted on
03/23/2015 6:46:17 AM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: Kaled
Because I'm a Conservative, I support gay marriage. Kaled, since March 11, 2015
3
posted on
03/23/2015 6:47:31 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: SoConPubbie
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posted on
03/23/2015 6:47:45 AM PDT
by
Kaled
(Ronald Reagan: If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism)
To: TADSLOS
Was that a kitty I heard?
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posted on
03/23/2015 6:49:32 AM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
To: Darkshear; TheOldLady
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posted on
03/23/2015 6:49:34 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: Kaled
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posted on
03/23/2015 6:52:39 AM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: Kaled
How so?
Let's start with this one:
Because I'm a Conservative, I care about reasonable gun control. For me, a key component of traditional conservatism is feeling safe and secure, knowing that risk is minimal, and understanding what to expect of my neighbors. Randomly politicized gun-waving does nothing to further this cause, instead making us feel less safe, less secure. There is nothing "conservative" about walking into a store armed with semi-automatic weapons; it is egocentric, narcissistic, and dangerous.
2nd Amendment text:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
I really do not care about your fears. I care about my God-Given rights.
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posted on
03/23/2015 6:53:38 AM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: Kaled
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posted on
03/23/2015 6:54:20 AM PDT
by
TheZMan
(Buy more ammo.)
To: who knows what evil?
Was that a kitty I heard?
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posted on
03/23/2015 6:54:49 AM PDT
by
Kaled
(Ronald Reagan: If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism)
To: Kaled
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posted on
03/23/2015 6:56:15 AM PDT
by
polymuser
( Enough is enough)
To: facedown
I love the smell of ozone in the morning!
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posted on
03/23/2015 6:57:35 AM PDT
by
polymuser
( Enough is enough)
To: Kaled
Another one of those posts where all I have to do is say: read the tag line.
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posted on
03/23/2015 7:00:15 AM PDT
by
NurdlyPeon
(It is the nature of liberals to pervert whatever they touch.)
To: Kaled
Conservative who BELIEVE THE BIBLE, can
NEVER support HOMOSEXUALS, PERIOD. This is what we get when we FAIL to OBEY God.
For
it is written:
For whosoever shall commit ANY of these abominations,even the SOULS that commit themSHALL BE CUT OFF from among their people.
Those who support homosexuals are
against our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ.
These anti Christ people only bring destruction on us ALL.
I have
NO sympathy for homosexuals!
Homosexuality is a
"Mark" of disobedience.
Someone once asked"Why are they [homosexuals] all so angry?"
The answer is in the definition of "
REPROBATE".
rep·ro·bate \ˈre-prə-ˌbāt\ a. [L. reprobatus, reprobo, to disallow; re and probo, to prove.]
- 1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.
-
Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer. 6.
- 2. Abandoned in sin; lost to virtue or grace.
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They profess that they know God, but in works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate. Titus 1.
- 3. Abandoned to error, or in apostasy. 2Tim. 3.
And the reason
"why" is
given in the Bible.
God has
a cure for homosexuals.
But will we OBEY our Heavenly Father?
"Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect
that God is just,
that his justice cannot sleep forever."
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posted on
03/23/2015 7:00:56 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Kaled; TADSLOS; SoConPubbie; Col Freeper; TheOldLady
This is even better!
As a conservative site, Free Republic is pro-God, pro-life, pro-family, pro-Constitution, pro-Bill of Rights, pro-gun, pro-limited government, pro-private property rights, pro-limited taxes, pro-capitalism, pro-national defense, pro-freedom, and-pro America. We oppose all forms of liberalism, socialism, fascism, pacifism, totalitarianism, anarchism, government enforced atheism, abortionism, feminism, homosexualism, racism, wacko environmentalism, judicial activism, etc. We also oppose the United Nations or any other world government body that may attempt to impose its will or rule over our sovereign nation and sovereign people. We believe in defending our borders, our constitution and our national sovereignty.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1103363/posts
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posted on
03/23/2015 7:01:09 AM PDT
by
KC_Lion
(The Issue is Not The Issue, The Issue is The Revolution.)
To: Kaled
Mr. Charney, I don’t think you understand what it means to be conservative. Not only are your statements wrong, but the premises they are based upon are wrong.
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posted on
03/23/2015 7:01:29 AM PDT
by
CityCenter
(Breathe, Focus, Execute)
To: Kaled
Homosexuals had to "Earn their REPROBATE MIND" by
refusing God ~ not once, ~ not twice, ~ but THREE times!
You need to
not only read, BUT STUDY this link I especially agree with its last paragraph.
" The Church NEVER can and NEVER will give satisfactionand the homosexualist knows it,
for he knows the words against him are INERADICABLE
to the declared and impenitent homosexual,the person who, through an act of the vermiculate will,has identified his person with a sin,whether HE DEMANDS ACCEPTANCE OF HIS SINthrough "love,"
or VINDICATIONTHROUGH IDENTIFICATION OF HIS PERCEIVED ENEMIES AS BIGOTS.
Whether HE PRESENTS HIMSELF as an object of love or indignation,what HE DEMANDS in either case IS ACCEPTANCEnot of the person,but OF THE SIN-bound and SIN-DEFINED person.
HE DEMANDS the declaration of SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY thatTHERE IS NOTHING OBJECTIVELY DISORDERED about this BINDING OF MAN TO SIN,and ASSURANCE that THIS MONSTROUS AMALGAM can indeed ENTER the kingdom of heaven.
This can NEVER HAPPEN among Christians UNTIL THEY ABANDON Christianity,WHICH IS AT WAR WITH EVERY SIN,and whose indelible constitutionplaces ALL PERVERSIONS of the perfect manAT THE MUZZLE of its canons. "
There will be NO HOMOSEXUALS ( NOT ONE ) in the afterlife.
They WILL BE
ASHES UNDER the soles of your feet ! ! !
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posted on
03/23/2015 7:03:58 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: KC_Lion
Fire up the ozone generators.
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posted on
03/23/2015 7:04:57 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
To: Yosemitest
You seem to have a problem with your CAPS LOCK key sticking.
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posted on
03/23/2015 7:05:23 AM PDT
by
Kaled
(Ronald Reagan: If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism)
To: Kaled
I think we are in for a nice Free Republic wienie roast.
Getting the first whiffs of ozone now.
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posted on
03/23/2015 7:05:27 AM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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